Pro-Child / Pro-Choice: An Exercise in Doublethink? by Judith A. Boss E

In her essay Pro-Child / pro-choice An Exercise in Doublethink? Judith A. Boss deconstructs the argument backing levelheadedized stillbirth on the basis that it is beneficial to children in general. Boss presents the oft-used slogan of the pro-choice position, Pro-Child / pro-choice. She maintains that this slogan seems closely related to newspeak, which she characterizes as vocabulary pared down to a minimum so that whole ideologies are expressed in a single slogan (156-7). The term newspeak comes from George Orwells 1984. In the novel, these simplistic slogans serve up to perpetuate doublethink, which entails, as Orwell writes, holding two contradictory judgments in superstars mind simultaneously and accepting both of them (156). Boss likewise explains, Doublethink is maintained by a refusal to examine the assumptions and facts supporting anes beliefs (156). In order to weaken the pro-child/pro-choice position, Boss begins by presenting the assumptions and facts suppo rting it. Boss states that the basic assumption behind the pro-child /pro-choice position is the belief that the exclusion of humans prior to birth from the protection of the moral and legal community, thereby leaving the choice of carrying a pregnancy to term just up to the woman, benefits children (157). Boss creates two categories of children and presents the possible benefits that abortion-on-demand provides. The first category, the unborn child, benefits because his or her abortion will spare him or her a life of trial (157). On the other hand, the second category, the born child, benefits because he or she skunk enjoy a higher quality of life and paternal savour unhindered by the presence of burdensome siblings who were... ...recognizes that the true utility that legalized abortion serves may lie in the benefits that it presents to women and that those benefits may appear in the create of social empowerment. It does seem that since 1973, women have be en able to empower themselves in the occupational realm. However, Boss leads us to ask ourselves if this professional empowerment of women has come at any cost. In order to understand the true utility of allowing abortion-on-demand, one must weigh all the consequences it creates. It seems though that we have not suitably measured the consequences of ensuring abortion-on-demand.QuestionsHow is doublethink mutually exclusive with the correct use of utilitarian conjecture? What positive consequences, if any, come from ensuring abortion-on-demand? How does one ensure that every child is a healthy child? Is it even possible?